CLASSIFICATION 



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Fig. 219.— Chelicera 

 and flagellum of 

 Galeodes. (After 

 Kraepelin. ) 



There are two genera, Galeodes, with about twelve species, and 



Paragaleodcs, with six species, scattered over the 



hot regions of the Old World. 



Fam. 2. Solpugidae. — The Solpugidae com- 

 prise twenty-fonr genera, distributed under five 



sub-families. The toothed stigmatic plate is 



absent, and the tarsal claws are smooth. The 



ocular eminence is furnished with u'regular hairs. 



The '' flagellum " is very variable. 



(i.) The Ehagodinae include the two genera, Bhagodes (Ehax) 



and Dinorhax. The first has twenty-two species, which in- 

 habit Africa and Asia. The single 

 species of Dinorhax belongs to East 

 Asia. These creatures are short -legged 

 and sluggish. 



(ii.) The Solpuginae contain two genera 

 — Solpuga with about fifty species, and 

 Zeriana with three. They are all inhabit- 

 ants of Africa, and some occur on the 

 African shore of the Mediterranean. 



(iii.) The Daesiinae number about 

 forty species, divided among several genera, 

 among which the principal are Daesia, 

 Gluvia, and Gnosippvs. They are found 



Fig. 220.— Chelicerae and j^ tropical regions of both the Old and 



HageUei, oi A, RjMffodes ; -"^ ° 



B, Solpuga; and c, the iNew World. 



(After Krae- ^j^-j ^J^g EUEMOBATINAE are North 



American forms, the single genus Uremo- 

 hates numbering about twenty species. The flagellum is here 

 entirely absent. 



(v.) The Kaeshiinae include the five genera 

 Ceroma, Gy lip-pus, Barrus, Eusimonia, and Karshia. 

 They are universally distributed. 



Fam. 3. Hexisopodidae. - This family is ^^-^^^^_ 

 formed for the reception of a single aberrant lum of liexiso- 

 African genus, Hexisopus, of which five species P^^;^^^^^}^"-'' 

 have been described. 



There are no claws on the tarsus of the fourth leg, which is 

 beset with short spine -like hairs, and in other respects the 



Daesia. 

 pelin.) 



genus is peculiar. 



